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Mature size of these roses
saki wrote:
(Julie) wrote in om: Thanks to Allegra, I have a rose order coming this way soon. G I decided I couldn't live without Darlow's Enigma another year so I ordered from Ashdown. Of course, one can't order just one rose, so in the same package will arrive Secret Garden Musk and Purple Buttons. Excellent choices! I have a Secret Garden Musk Climber arriving soon from Ashdown; have the others already and think they're quite fab and gear. I second the same "excellent choices!" exclamation about Purple Buttons. PB took a little while to find its feet in its first year around here, with may lackadaisical rose care, but when it settled down and in its second year, it was quite fabulous. Now I have to decide where the new presents might fit in my limited garden space. So I'm looking for advice. Can you tear up any lawn? I always do when I'm facing this situation. :-) LOL! Depends on whether the other people in the household like their lawns as much as we like our roses, I suppose. What about Gruss an Auchen? Can it be compared in size to Belinda's Dream, Summer Snow, or Angel Face? Upright like an HT or more bushy? About Angel Face's size, if I recall correctly (though I haven't grown Angel Face since the early seventies). I've grown Gruss an Aachen from various sources for years and think it's superb. For me it's never more than two feet tall, sometimes less depending how it's pruned. Its habit is bushy rather than upright. I don't grow AF or BD or SS, but I agree completely with what Saki is saying about how Gruss an Aachen grows. Some folks have previously told me that Secret Garden will eat my home but more recently those same folks seem to have revised their account and swear that I can grow it in a smaller space. I suppose careful shaping would help. I plan to try it as a stand-alone rose for now and will see how it goes. Ummm ... IIRC, the SGM at San Jose Heritage is a nice 5' x 5' bush, at least the last time I saw it. It has been a long time, but I will check again when I have the chance. -- Radika California USDA 9 / Sunset 15 |
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